- Adapt: organisms become better suited to environmental conditions via heritable (genetic) change over generations.
- There is a ying and yang between the environment and evolution
- complementary forces that interact to form a dynamic system
Natural Selection: Differences among individuals in a population in survival and reproduction
Organisms which are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce better, leading to a change in the average traits of a population over time
Natural Selection: Differences among individuals in a population in survival and reproduction
Fitness: Measure of ability to survive and reproduce
Adaption: A trait that confers an advantage in a particular environment that evolved via natural selection
We can also now do genetic studies without harming any animals
The dunes are a dramatic selection environment
The dunes are a dramatic selection environment
Concealing coloration for predation avoidance
Do organisms from reciprocal transplants switch colors or change behaviors within a lifetime?
Enclosure experiments